However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...

From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797, the United States was in a state of undeclared war with France. The Quasi-War, as it was known, dominated his presidency, monopolizing ...

On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn. It was his last day as president, and he was leaving Washington in defeat. Adams had no intention of staying for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson ...

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the ...

Though the election has been labeled “dirty,” the constitutional procedures for electing a president were faithfully carried out. Challenges: John Quincy Adams was a Harvard graduate, an intellectual, ...

John Adams was born on October ... and the country's first vice president under Washington. Despite his many successes, Adams was not sure if he was popular enough to be elected president.